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This is a magnum-opus and one of the most widely read novels written by Balzac. It is a story of a young and eager man, Rastignac, who is determined t...
Reproduction of the original: Father Goriot by Honore de Balzac...
Works of Balzac
In hardly any of his books, with the possible exception of Eugenie Grandet, does Balzac seem to have taken a greater interest than inLe Medecin de Cam...
Father Goriot: Honore de Balzac's Timeless Tale of Love, Sacrifice, and Social Hierarchy
A masterful study of a father whose sacrifices for his daughters have become a compulsion, this novel marks Balzac's 'real entrée' into La Comédie H...
''The Magic Skin'' appears to have a straightforward plot created by Honoré de Balzac, who goes by the pen name Balzac. It tells the story of Raphael...
Half-way down the Rue Saint-Denis, almost at the corner of the Rue du Petit-Lion, there stood formerly one of those delightful houses which enable his...
Honore De Balzac
Le Père Goriot (French pronunciation: [lə pɛʁ ɡɔʁjo], Old Goriot or Father Goriot) is an 1835 novel by French novelist and playwright Honoré d...
"The Deserted Woman" through Honore de Balzac is a poignant novella that delves into the complexities of affection, passion, and societal expectancies...
Honore de Balzac wrote a novel titled "The Deputy of Arcis" (Le Député d'Arcis), which is a part of his larger literary work known as "La Comédie H...
Reproduction of the original: An Old Maid by Honore de Balzac...
Selected Tales
These choice selections from Honoré de Balzac's Droll Stories offer a lively and lusty portrait of sixteenth-century French life and manners. Told in...
There is a general cry of paradox when scholars, struck by some historical error, attempt to correct it; but, for whoever studies modern history to it...
Passionate and perceptive, the three short novels that make up Balzac's History of the Thirteen are concerned in part with the activities of a rich, p...
Thirteen men were banded together in Paris under the Empire, all imbued with one and the same sentiment, all gifted with sufficient energy to be faith...
By Honoré de Balzac
Father Goriot, today considered one of Balzac's most important works, is part of his novel sequence The Human Comedy. It's the first of Balzac's novel...
Reproduction of the original: Beatrix by Honore de Balzac...
Le Père Goriot is an 1835 novel by French novelist and playwright Honoré de Balzac, included in the Scènes de la vie privée section of his novel s...
"Honore de Balzac Cousin Pons" is a riveting investigation of social and monetary issues in mid-nineteenth-century Parisian society. The work is part ...
The story of a French military hero of the Napoleonic Wars, long assumed to be dead, tries to recover his fortune and former wife through the help of ...
During winter nights noise never ceases in the Rue Saint-Honore except for a short interval. Kitchen-gardeners carrying their produce to market contin...
Illustrated Edition
ALL ELECTIONS BEGIN WITH A BUSTLE Before beginning to describe an election in the provinces, it is proper to state that the town of Arcis-sur-Aube was...
Reproduction of the original: The Marriage Contract by Honore de Balzac...
This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work was ...
Les Chouans the novel combines military history with a love story between the aristocratic Marie de Verneuil and the Chouan royalist Alphonse de Monta...
Honora de Balzac is considered the founder of social realism. Balzac was the first writer to write about the all social levels of the social scene in ...
This engrossing story takes us to a Spanish city in the wake of the French Revolution. The drama unfolds as the central character, Duchess de Langeais...
Large Print
Pere Goriot is the tragic story of a father whose obsessive love for his two daughters leads to his financial and personal ruin. Interwoven with this ...
Lost Illusions by Honoré de Balzac: A Novel of Ambition and Reality
Welcome to the captivating world of Honoré de Balzac's "Lost Illusions", a masterpiece of 19th-century French literature that explores the complexiti...
Le Lys dans la Vallée is an 1835 novel about love and society by French novelist and playwright Honoré de Balzac. It concerns the affection - emotio...
Handsome would-be poet Lucien Chardon is poor and naive, but highly ambitious. Failing to make his name in his dull provincial hometown, he is taken u...
The interesting story of Gobseck, a money-lender, his life and business. Hardships and penury faced in early life have made him a miser. He does not b...
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This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work is in...
Balzac's Contes Drolatiques, published in three installments in the 1830s, offers a lively and lusty portrait of sixteenth-century French life and man...